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Cardinia Transit

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ParentGrenda Corporation
FoundedJune 1996
Ceased operationJanuary 2012
HeadquartersPakenham
Service areaSouth Eastern Melbourne
Service typeBus & coach operator
Routes15
HubsWestfield Fountain Gate
StationsBerwick
Cranbourne
Narre Warren
Pakenham
Fleet77 (April 2014)
Chief executiveAndrew Cornwall
Websitewww.venturabus.com.au

Cardinia Transit was a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operated 15 bus routes under contract to the Government of Victoria. A subsidiary of Grenda Corporation, it was purchased by Ventura Bus Lines in January 2012.

History

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Cardinia Transit was formed in June 1996 when Grenda Corporation purchased Berwick Bus Lines and amalgamated them with Grenda's Bus Services' Pakenham depot.[1] It was included in the sale of Grenda Corporation to Ventura Bus Lines in November 2011 and the brand was retired.[2][3]

Fleet

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As at April 2014 the fleet consisted of 77 buses and coaches.[4] Initially Cardinia Transit adopted the cream with red stripes of Grenda's Bus Services. It has since adopted the standard white with red and yellow flashes of Grenda Corporation.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cardinia Transit" Australian Bus Panorama 12/1 August 1996 page 36
  2. ^ Grenda Announcement 18/11/2011 Archived 2 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine Grenda Corporation 18 November 2011
  3. ^ The man with the golden handshake The Australian 10 March 2012
  4. ^ Grenda Corporation - Cardinia Transit Archived 17 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine Australian Bus Fleet Lists
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